taxonID	type	description	language	source
91788782FF85FFC6FF28FF355865CD1B.taxon	discussion	Neoseiulus paspalivorus species group	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC6FF28FF355865CD1B.taxon	type_taxon	Exemplar species: Typhlodromus paspalivorus De Leon, 1957: 143.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC6FF28FF355865CD1B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Based on Chant & McMurtry (2003). Dorsal shield with marked shoulders near setae r 3, ventrianal shield large, square or rectangular, rounded posteriorly.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	description	(Figures 1 – 10)	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis: Peritremes extending to the level between setae j 3 and z 2, fixed cheliceral digit with five teeth, movable digit with one tooth, pre-anal pores crescent-shaped, seta Z 4 smooth.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	description	Description of female (n = 11) Dorsum (Figures 1 – 2). Dorsal shield elongate with distinct shoulders at level of seta r 3 and a slight waist at level of R 1, posterior and anterior margins subequal in width, strongly sclerotised and entirely reticulated, with 17 pairs of smooth setae except Z 5 and S 5 slightly serrated, J 5 minutely serrated only at the base. Setae r 3 and R 1 on the integument, six pairs of solenostomes visible (gd 1, gd 2, gd 5, gd 6, gd 8 and gd 9), gd 4 and other poroids not visible. Dorsal shield 375 (368 – 380) long, 154 (151 – 159) wide at level of s 4, 156 (152 – 160) wide at level of S 2. Peritreme extending to level of setae j 3. Length of dorsal setae: j 1 15 (13 – 16), j 3 15 (13 – 16), j 4 11 (10 – 11), j 5 11 (10 – 11), j 6 10 (9 – 11), J 2 14 (13 – 15), J 5 11 (10 – 12), z 2 13 (11 – 15), z 4 12 (11 – 13), z 5 10 (11 – 12), Z 1 12 (11 – 13), Z 4 20 (17 – 21), Z 5 68 (65 – 71), s 4 20 (18 – 21), S 2 16 (15 – 18) S 4 21 (20 – 23), S 5 23 (20 – 22), r 3 17 (15 – 19), R 1 15 (13 – 16). Venter (Figures 3 – 6). Sternal shield sclerotised, strongly reticulated, 98 (94 – 105) long and 65 (62 – 69) wide, bearing three pairs of setae and two pairs of poroids (iv 1 – iv 2). Distance st 1 – st 1 50 (47 – 53), st 2 – st 2 57 (53 – 59), st 3 – st 3 63 (60 – 67), st 4 – st 4 63 (60 – 68), st 5 – st 5 63 (60 – 65), st 1 – st 2 51 (48 – 53), st 1 – st 3 35 (32 – 38), st 2 – st 3 23 (21 – 25), seta st 4 and poroid (iv 3) on metasternal platelets (Figure 3). Genital shield laterally with elongate cells, 84 (81 – 88) wide, with setae st 5 (Figures 3, 5). Ventrianal shield quadrate, weakly reticulated anteriorly and strongly posteriorly, 127 (120 – 132) long, 94 (90 – 99) wide at level of ZV 2, 84 (80 – 90) wide at level of anus, with three pairs of pre-anal setae (JV 1, JV 2, and ZV 2), and one pair of small crescentic pores (gv 3) posteromesad to setae ZV 2, distance between pre-anal pores 27 (25 – 30); one pair of para-anal (Pa) and a post-anal seta (Pst). Four pairs of setae (JV 4, JV 5, ZV 1 and ZV 3), and five pairs of poroids on integument surrounding ventrianal shield. Seta JV 5 smooth, much longer than other ventral setae, 37 (33 – 23) long, two metapodal platelets present on soft cuticle surrounding the ventrianal shield (Figures 3, 6). Chelicera (Figure 7). Fixed digit 24 – 25 long with five teeth and pilus dentilis, movable digit 26 – 27 long with one tooth, a brush-like arthrodial process at the base of movable digit and an antiaxial pore present. Spermatheca (Figures 9 – 10). Spermatheca cup-shaped, 10 (10 – 11) wide, atrium small adjacent to the calyx, minor duct not visible. Legs. Genu II – IV and tibia II – III each with seven setae, only one macroseta with pointed tip present on basitarsus IV, StIV 43 (40 – 45) long (Figure 8). Other legs without macrosetae.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	etymology	Etymology: The specific name arabicus refers to the location (Arabia) where the type specimens were collected.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	materials_examined	Type material: Holotype female and two paratype females, wild grasses (Poaceae), 19 ° 49.35 N, 41 ° 46.53 E, Balgershi, Baha, 28 October 2019, coll. M Kamran and HMS Mushtaq; one paratype female, Cynodon dactylon (L.) (Poaceae), 21 ° 29.81 N, 40 ° 00.47 E, AlRashidyah, Makkah, 11 April 2018, coll. HMS Mushtaq; two paratype females, Acacia sp. (Fabaceae), 18 ° 14.43 N, 42 ° 34.30 E, Abha, 30 October 2019, coll. M Kamran and HMS Mushtaq; one paratype female, Pulicaria sp. (Asteraceae), 18 ° 14.44 N, 42 ° 33.82 E, Abha, 30 October 2019, coll. M Kamran and HMS Mushtaq; one paratype female, wild grasses (Poaceae), 18 ° 27.35 N, 42 ° 26.46 E, Abha, 31 October 2019, coll. M Kamran and HMS Mushtaq; one paratype female, unidentified host plant, 17 ° 38.22 N, 42 ° 54.11 E, Algaher, Jizan, 28 February 2024, coll. N. Elgoni, two paratype females, grasses (Poaceae), Hada Mountain, Asir, Makkah, 18 ° 659 N, 42 ° 156 E, 3 March 2024, Coll. EM Khan.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF85FFC3FF28FD8F5A25CA92.taxon	discussion	Remarks Neosieulus arabicus is morphologically close to a group of five species following the identification key to species of the paspalivorus species group (Döker et al., 2021) i. e. Neoseiulus bheraensis Chaudhri, Akbar & Rasool, 1979, N. lula (Pritchard & Baker, 1962), N. paspalivorus (De Leon, 1957), N. shambati (El-Badry, 1968) and N. taiwanicus (Ehara, 1970), by having one tooth on the movable digit of chelicerae, only leg IV with only one macrosetae and posterior and anterior margins of dorsal shield subequal in width. In the new species, the seta Z 5 is almost 1.5 times longer than macroseta STIV. This character state brings the new species closer to N. lula (seta Z 5 and macroseta STIV subequal (1.2 times) in length), following the key to species of paspalivorus species group by Döker et al., (2021) at couplet 10. While, in the other four species, as mentioned above, the seta Z 5 is at least two times or more than two times longer than STIV. The new species differs from N. lula by the number of teeth on the fixed digit (five vs. eight in N. lula), length of peritremes (reaching the level of j 3 vs. reaching to setae j 1 in N. lula), the shape of pre-anal pores (crescent vs. rounded in N. lula), and setae Z 4 (smooth vs. serrate in N. lula). The new species also differs from N. bheraensis, N. paspalivorus, N. shambati and N. taiwanicus mainly by the seta Z 5 1.5 times longer than macroseta STIV vs at least two or more than two times longer in other four species (STIV is longest (40 – 45) in the new species compared to 31, 15 – 20, 24 and 20 long in other species, respectively) (Döker et al., 2021). Additionally, N. arabicus has a reticulated sternal shield (smooth in N. bheraensis and N. shambati), pre-anal pores gv 3 crescent shaped (rounded distinct in N. paspalivorus and N. taiwanicus), five teeth on fixed digit (six teeth in N. paspalivorus and three teeth in N. shambati) and peritremes reaching to the level of seta j 3 (reaching to seta j 1 in N. paspalivorus and reaching between setae j 1 – j 3 in N. bheraensis, N. shambati and N. taiwanicus).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF80FFC3FF28F9DC5855C8A1.taxon	description	(Figures 11 – 14)	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF80FFC3FF28F9DC5855C8A1.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Zimbabwe (McMurtry & Moraes, 1991), Saudi Arabia (present study).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF80FFC3FF28F9DC5855C8A1.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The newly collected specimen morphologically resembles the original description of the species K. blairi with some minor variations in setal lengths (Table 1).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF83FFCFFF28FF7D5EE8C8DC.taxon	description	(Figures 14 – 18)	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF83FFCFFF28FF7D5EE8C8DC.taxon	materials_examined	Specimen Examined: Six females, Coffea arabica L. (Rubiaceae), 17 ° 23.93 N, 43 ° 3.95 E, AlHashar Mountain, Jizan, 27 February 2024, Coll. N. Elgoni.	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF83FFCFFF28FF7D5EE8C8DC.taxon	distribution	Distribution: Widely distributed (Demite et al., 2024), Saudi Arabia (present study).	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
91788782FF83FFCFFF28FF7D5EE8C8DC.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The newly collected specimen morphologically resembles the original description and some other re-descriptions of T. (A.) transvaalensis, with some minor variations of setal lengths (Table 2). ...... continued on the next page	en	Mirza, Jawwad Hassan, Kamran, Muhammad, Alatawi, Fahad Jaber (2024): New species and new records of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Saudi Arabia. Zootaxa 5496 (4): 567-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5496.4.6
